Xbox breaks my heart every day there's no Banjo-Threeie announcement, but this Banjo-Kazooie fan game fills the gap and even has praise from Rare and the OG devs: "Incredible work"

Banjo runs toward the viewer in Banjo-Kazooie: Mumbomania, a fan game made in Dreams.

I imagine we all have that one video game franchise revival we keep hoping for every time announcement season comes around – a little flame in your heart for the return of a nostalgic favorite you loved as a kid. For me, that's Banjo-Kazooie. I've nearly given up hope that Xbox will ever deliver the Banjo-Threeie I've waited 25 years for, but luckily, one fan developer is helping fill the gap with an incredible tribute game in Dreams.

Dreams is, of course, the whimsical game creation tool built by LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule. I remind you of that fact primarily because PlayStation has very much allowed Dreams to fall out of the limelight since official support ended in 2023. But that hasn't stopped William 'Eupholace' Butkevicius from using it to build an absolutely incredible-looking Banjo fan game.